🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

polluelo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: poˈʎe.lo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Cockerel/ˈkɒk.ər.əl/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El joven gallito comenzó a mostrar sus coloridas plumas."

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As noun
  1. 1

    A young domestic rooster, typically less than a year old.

    "The young cockerel practiced crowing every morning alongside the older roosters."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English, formed as a diminutive of 'cock' using the diminutive suffix '-rel' (of Old French and Germanic origin). It entered the English lexicon during the late Middle Ages to specifically designate a young male domestic fowl before full maturity.

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